GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 814, 11 May 1910, Page 6

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

. !£ HEW. DE&gDNOOGHt (Eec. May 10, tUS p-raj London, May. ld< The nßw Dreadnought battleship Etffin coles, one of the 1909 programme, being launched privateiy at Janosj te« day, without ceremonial. SHE RUBBER BOOiL ' ■ London, May 9, TEe deadlock in the raw. robber mm ket, between the buyers and the brokeitL has ended. All offerings have been solij at about nxteanpenco below the boms] leveL [According; to a cablegram d May 3» the raw robber market had collapsed, dealers refusing to bid except at & great reduction. The brokers withdrew th» whole of their catalogues. A sharp fall in all robber shares followed; bni, so*' cording to a cablegram of May 5, tha shares had' then revived, with, in m&iqf / cases, substantial advances.] GERMAN SHIPPING FREIGHTS. Berlin, May 9. • The North German Lloyd Company. has reduced freights from Scandinavia, to Australia to 153. per cubic metre. WIRELESS. . : London, May 9. The Susvio is the first of the Whits Star lineris to be fitted with wirelesa telegraphic apparatus. The rest of the liners, including the boats that trade to New Zealand, are • to be similary fitted. sm james ■»: Sydney, May KL Sir James Mills (chairman of thai . Union Steam Ship Company, who ra» cently interviewed • the Postmasijea* General on the subject of the Vancouver service) has left' here by the on a visit to England. NEWCASTLE STRIKE RELIEF FDHQ, Sydney, May 10. The remainder of the Newcastle strike relief fund—nearly .£4ooo—will be dia. tributed/ next week. AUSTRALIAN SILVER COINAGE. Sydney, May 10. Peculiar interest attaches to the issu« of • the silver coinage in the Commonwealth bearing the ■ head of King Ed- | ward. ■ So far £39,000 worth ' has been issued. Probably the' balance will be withheld, pending consultation with th» Imperial authorities. OVERHAULING A CABLE STEAMER. Sydney, May 10. The cable-repairing steamer Patrol has arrived, for on overhaul. CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED. Sydney, May 10. The Marino Court suspended the certificate of Mr. M. Longmore (second mate of the Manapouri) ,for bix months, in connection with tho Manapouri-Gratitude collision. The Court gave him leave to ' apply for a second mate's ticket during the term of suspension. OLD COUPLE BURNED TO DEATH. Brisbane, May 10. A cottage, occupied by an old couple named M"Nevin, was destroyed by fixe. Both were burned to death. They had j>MAn£lx celebrated their golden wedding.